ארכיון חדשות מטבע חוץ ופורקס 02/01/2012

• Year-end hedge fund bets against euro hit record

  18:54 | MarketWatch

  Hedge funds increased their bets against the euro to a record level in the last week of 2011, increasing pressure on the embattled European common currency as it enters the most testing year of its history....

• Euro hit by Spanish deficit warning

  17:22 | MarketWatch

  The euro weakened despite better than expected European manufacturing data, while resource-linked currencies gained following upbeat economic reports from China and India.

• Currencies: Euro begins 2012 on weak note

  16:44 | MarketWatch

  The euro begins 2012 on a weak note after a survey of purchasing managers confirms euro-zone manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month.

• ECB bond buys rise to $598 million

  16:30 | Yahoo! Finance

  The European Central Bank increased the bond purchases that have helped ease pressure on indebted governments from the eurozone debt crisis last week. The bank bought euro462 million in bonds, up from a bare euro19 million the week before.

• ECB settled bond purchases totaling 462 bln euros

  16:26 | MarketWatch

  The European Central Bank quickened the pace of its government bond buying program somewhat last week, settling purchases totaling 462 million euros after settling just 19 million euros worth of transactions the previous week, data showed Monday.

• Currencies: Dollar and euro begin 2012 on weak note

  14:48 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar kicks off the year with mild losses during holiday-thinned volume, though the currency manages to edge higher against the euro as a survey of purchasing managers confirms manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in the euro zone.

• Analysis: Asia's double-edged currency sword

  14:14 | Yahoo! Finance

  The roller-coaster ride for Asian currencies, which saw only the yen and yuan post significant gains for the year against the U.S. dollar, is set to continue in 2012.

• EUR/USD Classical Technical Report 01.02

  11:41 | Yahoo! Finance

  EUR/USD Classical Technical Report 01.02

• NZD/USD Classical Technical Report 01.02

  11:27 | Yahoo! Finance

  NZD/USD Classical Technical Report 01.02

• Currencies in Asia Won't Settle Down Soon

  10:20 | MarketWatch

  Exchange rate volatility shows no sign of abating, reflecting a dilemma for Asian policy makers: If the currency is too strong, exports get more expensive; too weak and domestic buying power fades.

• Dollar and euro begin 2012 on weak note

  07:48 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar kicks off the year with mild losses during holiday-thinned volume, though the currency manages to edge higher against the euro as a survey of purchasing managers confirms manufacturing activity shrank for a fifth straight month in the euro zone.

• Currencies: Dollar, euro both slip lower

  07:13 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar kicks off the year with mild losses during holiday-thinned volume, though the currency manages to edge higher against the euro.